India, July 30 -- India and the United States have jointly launched the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite, a landmark Earth observation mission that blends technical prowess with international partnership. Lifted off at 17:40 on 30 July 2025 aboard ISRO's GSLV Mk II rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, the 2,380-kilogram satellite was inserted into a 745-kilometre sun-synchronous orbit just over 18 minutes after liftoff.

The mission is the first Earth-observing satellite developed jointly by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It represents the first collaboration between the two agencies on satellite hardware, ...